Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-20
POPULAR EDUCATION
SEVERAL TOPICS IN RELATION THERE.
10 DISCUSSED BY TIE SUPER.
INrENDENTs.
Proceedings OF the Conference at the
Three Sessions Held on
Yesterday.

The conference Of the city aud county
superintendents OF public free schools re-
convened in Central Hall Yesterday morn
ing OF 10 o'clock. Mr.. Gavin Raws, OF Isle
Of Wight, moved that discussion on all
subjects in future be limited to one hour
and hali-those opening the discussion
| TO speak ten minutes, and those closing IN
| general discussion five minutes. Adopted
COMMITTEES.
The regular committees were announced
| rs follows:
On Resolutions Messrs. Z. c. Glass, G.
| +. Eubank, w. T.. Duncan, l.. G. Powell.
J. f. Bryant, w. ID. Smith, Of Scott, and
&. +. Roy.
Order Of Business II. l.. Clrne, w. A.
Blankenship, II. NJ. Miller, j. &. Saville. j.
W. Stephenson, Il. W. Coakley, Thomas H.
| Lane.
Mr. Barksdale, from special committee
| appointed 10 devise some plan by which 10
| increase the circulation OF the Educational
| Journal. reported preamble with resolu-
tions providing that the Board OF Education
| be respectfully requested to direct the trus'
| tees Of the schools in the various counties
| to contract annually with teachers at the
| time Of their appointment 10 subscribe 10
said Journal; that every county Superin.
tendeDt also be directed by the Board oil
| Education TO get teachers TO subscribe u
the time they are licensed, &C., dc. The
! report was made the special order at II
O'Clock.
I CERTIFICATES.
Mr.. W. c. Williams. from the Committee
on Examinations and Certitications, pre-
senied the following:
| ReSolUCd, That il is the opinion oi you"
committee that the laws bearing upon thi'
subject are, as they now stand. sufficiently
full and explicit If the county superiniend
ents Will adhere strictly to the letter and
spirit OF said law.
Made the special order for this afternoon
Personal PRIVILEGE.
superintendent Carne, OF Alexandra
rose 10 question OF privilege. lie reaC
| from the Dispatch the statement that be
said Yesterday she knew Of some teachcr
who had gotten an average Of more than 81
per cent. by examining each Others papers,
and ,aid that while be knew something O
newspaper reporting and the necessity fol
condensation, It was due TO the teachers o
the State to say that the putting together o.
two things entirely separate bad produced
charge be did not make or intended 10 make
What he was protesting against was yO
latiOn OF law i'm the matter OF th,
examination OF teachers in the sum
mer normals and the consequent
inequality created between them auC
The teacher, regularly examined under
the law in their respective counties. IL
had laid tnat he understood that in one OF
the normals the papers bad been examined
by committees Of other teachers; that b,
had found teachers whom he could ney"l
pass TO second grade at - per cent. license
a. professional teachers, having made Oycl
90 per cent: and that he bad been rclit5ll
informed ihat at one institute the questions
TO be asked in examination were first aslc.
in the institute Itself. He had, it i true, il
that he had n, ard that the printed questions
had once become public in advance, bu
be had not said that they wcr'
used Improperly; neither had lie charged
or Intlmated fraud. lie would now slJ
that he had since heard that IN Frederick-
burg the teachers were informed in I'd
vance that all examination questions woulI
be asked beforehand. and superintendent
could see that candidates could readily, by
taking down the questions, get the propel
|
Superintendent NJ. d. Hall sad he w
in attord dance az the Fredericksburg In>ti
tute, and heard exactly what Supernlend
ent Clrne had stated.
EEyIsIoN or THR SCHOOL LAWS.
on motion Of Mr.. Casl,ic it was
| EeS0lUed, That the Cbaic appoint com
mittCc Of seven 10 report TO the conference
at IFS session TO be held tomorrow ['pi,
morning at 10 O'Clock, what changes suuili,
be made m The existing school laws oi IN
State. and that the changes suggested b.,
them be discussed aS par Of TIE order %
business appointed for that hour.
TEACHEEs' INSTITUTES.
The subject, "Teachcrs' Institutes
County. District, and state was interest
ingly brought out for general discussion il
a hall hours speech by Mr.. William y
! Graybill, Of Roanoke county. Me>srs
Carnes, Eubank, Hall. Shumate, CO0us
and saunders continued the discussion.
In the course OF Dir. HalPs remarks h'
said We have no Use for physicians, law
yers, or politicians a. public-sch0o teachers
We want professional teachers. BY the
way. am somewhat OF a lawyer my 4
! Laughter A party wanted me 10 ioir
The Grangers, and told him OF my prOic,
sion, and he said: bob, that makes NJ
difference. You amt much Of lawyer
nobow." [Great Iaughter.l
pr. Buchanan made an earnest, prsc.i
cal, and pointed speech IN advocacy %
teachers Institutes, which received marked
attention and elected frequent applause
Or. Buchauan always talks well. aud th'
conference have not been slow in fiudin:
it out.
A resolution was unanimously adopted
approving Of the presidents ideas 10 re
ference to holding teachers institutes.
On motion. committee Of two from
each congressional district was ordered t.
be appointed to select a place for holdln'
G teachers Institute this summer.
TIE JOURNALS CIRCULATION.
The resolutions in reference TO deyisin.
plans for increasing the circulation OF th
kGUcOtiOndi JCUrHQt came up at 1910 a
the special order, were discussed at length
amended, and adopted.
| An invitation was read from the authorl
tie, OF Richmond College asking the mcm
/ crs to visit that institution at their plea
sure. Accepted with thanks.
| Discussion next enSued as 10 "f0rms 0
law IN connection with the free schools
and the Interpretation thereof" which wa
participated in 10y the president.
| ON motion OF 3h. GTaybill 1t was
| ReS0lrCd. That the State Board hay
three hundred copies OF the school laws
regulations, &c printed for distribution
1 Adjourned at ! O'Clock until a Z. N.
Afternoon Session.
| The conference roasSembled at -
O'Clock. The special subjects for discu,
sion were Sub-Di.tricting,' Location o
School Houses aud boards OF Refer
encc."
Mr. Hawkins. Of Bedford. who was Ge
,igDaied TO open the discussion, being ab
| sent. Mr.. \. j. Richeson, Of Amherst, pro
eeeded 10 90 so in 4 quarter-ofan-hour'
speech.
| Mr.. ID. p. Powers, OF Albemarle. follow
ed. Among other things he said was tha
hs did not think that there was mulch trou
ble about any OF the subjects that had thu
far been discussed by the conference. III
thought the reference board good thing
although he had had but little use for ii.
| "Haye you." said DR.. Buchanan to tn
members OF the conference, "any sub-dis
trict boards in your countiesy Do they pre-
vail 10 any extent throughout the State
would like TO hear from you, gentlemen.
| sUB-DIsTEICT BOARDS n TWO COUNTIES.
The superintendents were asked to hol'
up their haQds for the counties In whlc
the sub-disirict boards were in full force
Only two hands went up. A number o
members then explained to what exten
they prevailed In their respective counties